Big Black Delta – aka Jonathan Bates – is not shy with his smooth dance moves. We saw them in “Side of the Road,” and anyone who has seen Big Black Delta won’t deny that his energy on stage is up to par with the bombastic beats. Whereas he’s tapped into another dimension with his […]
‣ The kickoff party for Echo Park Rising brings to the Echoplex an eclectic lineup that features Them Jeans, Dirty Dave, HOTT MT and Raw Geronimo. That’s Raw Geronimo’s video for “Magnetic Love,” above. ‣ No Age headlines “Generationalpictomusicapolis,” a night of music and art at the Hammer Museum. ‣ Ocha La Rocha celebrates the […]
Mexican rock fusion quintet Kinky will kick off the 2013-14 season at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex on Oct. 5, setting the tone for a globe-spanning lineup that includes Sinead O’Connor [pictured], Kenny G, Isabella Rossellini, Carla Bruni and more. Tickets go on sale today at noon. Rossellini’s performance will be the world premiere of […]
Psych-pop web-spinners Incan Abraham upped their game when they worked with Lewis Pesacov (Fool’s Gold, Foreign Born) and Clinton Welander (Jimmy Cliff) on their new single “Tuolumne,” which boasts a surging melody over the L.A. quartet’s signature polyrhythms. The remarkable video for the song, directed Logan Adermatt and Teddy Cafaro, is a tale of desperation […]
“The Vail” is the first project released by 21-year-old Los Angeles native Jonathan Dilin, a multi-faceted 13-minute collection that showcases his abilities at rhyming and singing – but also producing, crafting four of the five tracks under the pseudonym JDefeats. His sound is rooted in post-R&B, murky and propulsive synth-driven 808 beats that recall a […]
‣ The Neighbourhood, their debut album “I Love You” still getting plenty of love, plays the Fonda Theatre, with Big Black Delta supporting. That’s Jesse Rutherford, above, communing with the crowd at Coachella. ‣ Another big Thursday at the Santa Monica Pier – the Twilight Concert Series brings the English Beat, Maxwell Smart and Troup […]
First as a duo and now as a three-piece, the Dead Ships have been busting eardrums and busting up the blues for more than two years now. Their debut album of garage-rock, “Electric Ahab,” sounded like a mission statement – press the accelerator all the way to the floor and don’t let up – and […]
Here’s one for anybody who owns a substantial portion, or maybe even a little bit, of the Flying Nun Records catalog. Artifacts (rendered “a r t i f a c t s”) is the music of 23-year-old Domonic Renee, who hails from Santa Fe Springs, is pursuing his obsession for the noisier guitar bands of […]
What happens when three pedigreed songwriters/producers get together on a whim? Fun, apparently. Distant Cousins are the collision of Ami Kozak, Dov Rosenblatt and Duvid Swirsky, who’ve announced their presence with the release of their first single, the bluesy stomp “Raise It Up.” Kozak, a composer for advertising and TV, and Rosenblatt (formerly of the […]
As Daniel Ahearn & the Jones, Ahearn and Mindy Jones traded in the serenely beautiful acoustic folk characterized by generations of boy/girl duets. But shifting landscapes and creative urges moved the duo into new territory as they work on their full-length debut “Sirens” (due in 2014) with producer Mocky. Hence, the new “Electric Love” EP, […]
